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in some new york city schools, chess has become more than just a game -- it's a teaching tool. >> they learn to concentrate better, to focus better. they learn to make good choices. >> and that's the idea behind chess in the schools. the organization uses chess to motivate inner-city students to do better in class. >> it helps you because you learn how to take time to think, and some students need that. >> i usually like to rush into things and try to pretty much go right into things. but i've learned to, like, take my time, think about what's going on, and really just focus around what's happening around me. >> chess requires you to plan several moves in advance to consider what your opponent might be doing next. >> exactly -- he's doing the same thing white's doing. it's -- it helps with math, problem-solving, critical-thinking skills. you can apply that to any subject. >> what the kids learn in class they get to take with them to tournaments held all over the country. >> we've had elementary-school students win the sections in high-school nationals. and the young ones seem to get it
in some new york city schools, chess has become more than just a game -- it's a teaching tool. >> they learn to concentrate better, to focus better. they learn to make good choices. >> and that's the idea behind chess in the schools. the organization uses chess to motivate inner-city students to do better in class. >> it helps you because you learn how to take time to think, and some students need that. >> i usually like to rush into things and try to pretty much go...
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the city of california has been -- the state of california has been hit hardest. the statewide average hit $4.56 friday. some gas stations now are charging record prices. >> $10 in gas doesn't even give me a 1/4 of a tank. so it's really out of control. it's almost five bucks a gallon. >> i got gas yesterday at 4.69. today i saw this at 5.69. >> reporter: experts say problems at refineries are among the factors causing soaring gas prices in california. a recent fire left one of chevron's largest refineries producing at a reduced capacity, the shortage causing costco to close some stations. there was a power failure at an exxon mobil refinery in southern california. a company spokesman said that refinery is back online, but some say it's too little too late. >> i ride my bike to work due to the increase of gas prices. they've been increasing, can't afford it. >> reporter: in california gasoline inventories are the lowest in more than 10 years. the situation is made worse by the state's strict pollution requirements which require a special blend of clean burning gas
the city of california has been -- the state of california has been hit hardest. the statewide average hit $4.56 friday. some gas stations now are charging record prices. >> $10 in gas doesn't even give me a 1/4 of a tank. so it's really out of control. it's almost five bucks a gallon. >> i got gas yesterday at 4.69. today i saw this at 5.69. >> reporter: experts say problems at refineries are among the factors causing soaring gas prices in california. a recent fire left one...
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. >> reporter: rebecca hudson was at work when she got a call that the side door of her ellicott city home had been jimmied and her home ransacked. >> it's a violation and it is a little scary, makes you a little uneasy. i'm really glad it happened during the day when he wasn't here. >> reporter: it's the second time she's been robbed in three years. she wasn't the only one in the neighbor hit this time. on the very next street the daylight burglars kicked in the door of another house looking for stuff to steal. the only thing taken during a robbery on is street in ellicott city was a pillowcase, some cash and two ravens tickets. those tickets turned out to be the key that broke this case wide open. police showed up at ravens game september 27th and questioned the people who got in with those stolen tickets. as it turns out, one of them owns a memorabilia shop and had purchased them from a woman who came into his store. she left her name, diana market ii. >> really? they take nothing untraceable and then take those? >> reporter: 30-year-old marketti faces charges in four robberies. 40
. >> reporter: rebecca hudson was at work when she got a call that the side door of her ellicott city home had been jimmied and her home ransacked. >> it's a violation and it is a little scary, makes you a little uneasy. i'm really glad it happened during the day when he wasn't here. >> reporter: it's the second time she's been robbed in three years. she wasn't the only one in the neighbor hit this time. on the very next street the daylight burglars kicked in the door of...
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digital sister cities. on your last visit in 2006 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of our partnership, we signed an accord being digital sister cities. this accord has facilitated numerous parisian company ins establishing companies in san francisco such as parisoma which we will visit tomorrow. and we see companies based in san francisco that create branches in paris such as soef fee nova whose ceo, a member of the city sister committee is with us today. there are many other examples of successful and flourishing business and commercial relations between our two cities, an atmosphere made part in possible due to the close working relationship between our two close municipalities. finally, as each of the mayors before me, i must comment on the world of art and culture of which san francisco and paris are two world capitals. our cultural exchanges are often, live the highest quality. many san francisco cultural institutions of every size perform frequently in paris. san francisco's symphony presents every
digital sister cities. on your last visit in 2006 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of our partnership, we signed an accord being digital sister cities. this accord has facilitated numerous parisian company ins establishing companies in san francisco such as parisoma which we will visit tomorrow. and we see companies based in san francisco that create branches in paris such as soef fee nova whose ceo, a member of the city sister committee is with us today. there are many other examples of...
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they are part of the evolving success of the city. >> sf city led the effort to get tech companies to place these interns in their currently. >> and ron, i want to get back to sf city in a minute and give the mayor a chance to finish. i think he is on point 2 of the 17-point plan. i want to talk about sf city. >> i have another program called tech sf and that is a program that grew out of working with sf city and with the neighborhoods that wanted these job trainings. it's taking advantage of some $8 million that the federal government gave us to make sure that we don't experience the digital divide that we had experienced a decade ago with the bubble. and so that is aimed at working with city college, with school districts, with our neighborhood youth programs, to evolve a training program that is helped to be created by the tech companies themselves, put a curriculum together. >> great. >> that will allow them to be trained in the right skills, so when they come out of that training they are capable of taking up the jobs. >> so it's key that the tech community generate entry-level j
they are part of the evolving success of the city. >> sf city led the effort to get tech companies to place these interns in their currently. >> and ron, i want to get back to sf city in a minute and give the mayor a chance to finish. i think he is on point 2 of the 17-point plan. i want to talk about sf city. >> i have another program called tech sf and that is a program that grew out of working with sf city and with the neighborhoods that wanted these job trainings. it's...
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residents and officials are concerned. >> this is our city. this is not the gang's city. [applause] >> some 200 people gathered in front of san jose city hall on this hot august night. this prayer rally followed 8 killings in just 11 days. >> my friend was shot dead in the middle of the day in the parking lot of the wells fargo bank. nobody came forward to help but a lot of people saw and heard things they didn't report. >> when you see something that's going wrong in your community, please call us. >> as i look around here today, we've [indiscernable] -- and we're going to come out -- [indiscernable] >> his brother was killed august sergeant and says the city has a long way to go. >> i think so. i think people will feel more safe to speak out when they see more people supporting each other out here but i think there still needs to be more than just tonight for there to be a difference. it has to be a constant thing. not just a one night thing for us to have a difference on the streets. >> patrolling the streets, police are down in numbers. about 80 officers have re- sign
residents and officials are concerned. >> this is our city. this is not the gang's city. [applause] >> some 200 people gathered in front of san jose city hall on this hot august night. this prayer rally followed 8 killings in just 11 days. >> my friend was shot dead in the middle of the day in the parking lot of the wells fargo bank. nobody came forward to help but a lot of people saw and heard things they didn't report. >> when you see something that's going wrong in...
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in the future, how our city operates, how we interact with our city. as i started to think about that, i thought, you know, the number of major infrastructure projects going on in our immediate region now are probably -- there are probably more dollars and energy going into that than any time since bart was put through the city. you have the eastern span of the bay bridge. you have the transbay terminal. you have the central subway project. you have the improvement realignment of doyle drive. all of these things are part of the hard wiring of our city that is going to influence the way in which we all interact with it. over the last, say, five to ten years, we have watched as development and interest and people have moved south of market, into mission bay, below that we now that is continuing and we now have projects on the table like the pier 70 project, which ten years ago no one would have thought was a viable mixed-use project, because nobody went there. and that part of it is no longer true. i think, you know, for all of the things that are going
in the future, how our city operates, how we interact with our city. as i started to think about that, i thought, you know, the number of major infrastructure projects going on in our immediate region now are probably -- there are probably more dollars and energy going into that than any time since bart was put through the city. you have the eastern span of the bay bridge. you have the transbay terminal. you have the central subway project. you have the improvement realignment of doyle drive....
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. >> regarding the water front site and the city develop. as you know for the past several months, forest city has been working very hard on the due diligence process for the 25 acres working with them to understand the various soils and water conditions on the site and other information that will feed into for the infrastructure and the plans that they will present to you all at a subsequent meeting. there is also, begun, an extensive out reach program to get feedback from dog pest community and other key stake holders that will also feed into their planning and the eventual plans that they will make available to you. the plans builds on the experience that they have and mixed development throughout the country, but specifically, related to their efforts in san francisco, and their admission and development that has a similar approach and will have a good, prototype for the kind of things that they want to do at the pier 70. >> in addition, i wanted to talk just briefly about the hill site. now the hill site has not been offered for develop
. >> regarding the water front site and the city develop. as you know for the past several months, forest city has been working very hard on the due diligence process for the 25 acres working with them to understand the various soils and water conditions on the site and other information that will feed into for the infrastructure and the plans that they will present to you all at a subsequent meeting. there is also, begun, an extensive out reach program to get feedback from dog pest...
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they will change as the city changes. on another point i was happy to hear steve talking about the emphasis now, and the pressure on many employers who not have much of their population, or their workforce residing in san francisco and i think that is something that we can use to our advantage and talk to these businesses that have campuses outside of san francisco, up to 50 percent or above 50 percent of employees living in san francisco. what can we do to attract you here? or part of your operational headquarters, whatever is appropriate to san francisco, find out if they need a higher percentage of multi-bedroom homes, better schools, parks, intracity transportation, it directs us do what we need to do. it was instructive because i think it was some architect i was talking withand he was astounded that apple is building a new campus in a suburban setting, away from transportation. it made sense of the campus was already there, but to build a whole new campus in an area that will be hard for people to get to seem to be
they will change as the city changes. on another point i was happy to hear steve talking about the emphasis now, and the pressure on many employers who not have much of their population, or their workforce residing in san francisco and i think that is something that we can use to our advantage and talk to these businesses that have campuses outside of san francisco, up to 50 percent or above 50 percent of employees living in san francisco. what can we do to attract you here? or part of your...
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daly city is welcoming us, incredibly, to their city in this facility. >> have you approached prologis about, you know, the fact that some at least one member of the board but maybe others have questions about this. are they willing to renegotiate some of the terms of the lease? >> i have understood that that could be a deal-killer. >> what is wrong with verifying that and going back to them and saying we have issues with some of these terms. we have an issue with being locked in for ten years, we have an issue with 4%, we are not going to pay the 9% to 10% interest on some of the improvements, we want to renegotiate those terms. what is wrong with asking them that. >> we have asked them that. again, phase ii of the tenant improvements, it is an alternative if mta doesn't have the money. it is not that mta would prefer to use the 9% to 10% interest money. we would prefer not to but gives us an opportunity to get operating fund ready, which includes other mta uses. we have spoken to prologis, as i said. it's been 14 months of negotiations and approvals. so they are here if you would lik
daly city is welcoming us, incredibly, to their city in this facility. >> have you approached prologis about, you know, the fact that some at least one member of the board but maybe others have questions about this. are they willing to renegotiate some of the terms of the lease? >> i have understood that that could be a deal-killer. >> what is wrong with verifying that and going back to them and saying we have issues with some of these terms. we have an issue with being locked...
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that is a bigger issue i think the city needs to take a look at. i want to make that comment. a lot of this was geared about our assets. i think we deserve a larger and more thorough conversation in the future. when we talk about why it is we couldn't purchase the facility, why is it that we lost out. i know the city was in the process of doing it, trying to acquire that, from my understanding. the simple matter is we are a public agency that moves slower than some of the other entities. we have less to trade with. for example, property and other things. for these inherent reason and multiple boards, we are slower and less nimble to respond to certain deals that come up in the marketplace that happen very quickly. so i think we all need to recognize this so we can blame and point finger about mta about why didn't you pull the trigger earlier but the fact of the matter is we have a slower process, more deliberate process because we are a public entity. i think that is an important piece to say. in terms of timing, i think that there's questions about what we can get with more t
that is a bigger issue i think the city needs to take a look at. i want to make that comment. a lot of this was geared about our assets. i think we deserve a larger and more thorough conversation in the future. when we talk about why it is we couldn't purchase the facility, why is it that we lost out. i know the city was in the process of doing it, trying to acquire that, from my understanding. the simple matter is we are a public agency that moves slower than some of the other entities. we...
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then the entire city, given the supply of createive talent, the whole city could be a revolving work of art. that would be wonderful. that is what black rock city is. why not transpose that to san francisco? i think the city is now looking at doing art paths for that purpose. it would not be hard, given the abundance of -- after so many years in the desert, there is a huge backlog of brilliant art. magnificent piece is done by armies of artists working together. so that is an obvious things that could be instituted. i also pulled him that we did not have any trash cans in our city. we did not really continue that dialogue. [laughter] >> the question that everyone in san francisco is asking now, i'm going to ask you as a formality. are you going this year? have you ever missed one? have you ever wanted to? >> no. [laughter] at one time, i was very much needed -- i am still needed, from time to time. although, if i and my partners have done our job, we should not be needed that much. i am like anyone else out there. it is a big place. it is hyperactive. not only are there 100 things, b
then the entire city, given the supply of createive talent, the whole city could be a revolving work of art. that would be wonderful. that is what black rock city is. why not transpose that to san francisco? i think the city is now looking at doing art paths for that purpose. it would not be hard, given the abundance of -- after so many years in the desert, there is a huge backlog of brilliant art. magnificent piece is done by armies of artists working together. so that is an obvious things...
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so we have to expand and once we do, it will create jobs, revenue and taxes for the city. we have a whole expansion team. it's' private-public partnership. all partnering to make this thing happen. so what is our goals? is that location has changed dram itally and to work cost-effectively to stay onbudget and deliver the project. so this is the context of where we're looking at. it's right on the lines of new central subway. there will be a moscone stop. we have three separate buildings, south opened 32 years and north opened 20 years and moscone west opened a little over ten years ago. for the study looked at that whole area and looked at the three moscone sites and the two garages, 5th and missing the and the moscone garage between folsom and howard. one of the problems with moscone center it was built basically when the neighborhood was not what it is today. and it was built kind of in independent, isolated area to almost a suburban-type building in what has been a very urban area. we market san francisco as a pedestrian-friendly city and pedestrians are not allowed to
so we have to expand and once we do, it will create jobs, revenue and taxes for the city. we have a whole expansion team. it's' private-public partnership. all partnering to make this thing happen. so what is our goals? is that location has changed dram itally and to work cost-effectively to stay onbudget and deliver the project. so this is the context of where we're looking at. it's right on the lines of new central subway. there will be a moscone stop. we have three separate buildings, south...
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that's also with the city program, the city address database. so, that is already being completed as we speak. and then, of course, we had staff that participated in the user conference that was held in, it was actually product and technical training classes. a lot of our staff attended that. a lot of planning staff attended that. the next steps on the process or on the software is to build -- is for the vendor to actually build the approved change orders into the core configuration system. and then we're going to begin to detail the requirements for the actual screens that the citizens will see and that's when we will start to bring in the subject matter experts from the public and actually start working with the public to make the screens more usable, unified school districter friendly to the public and get the information in a very user friendly format that they need to do their work * . we're also beginning the requirements for the dbi reports and scripps. these are actually every piece of paper that comes out of the software system is calle
that's also with the city program, the city address database. so, that is already being completed as we speak. and then, of course, we had staff that participated in the user conference that was held in, it was actually product and technical training classes. a lot of our staff attended that. a lot of planning staff attended that. the next steps on the process or on the software is to build -- is for the vendor to actually build the approved change orders into the core configuration system. and...
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thank you, city attorney, for that. that was really helpful because as the president i want the past best practices. with that i'd like to open it and get the other commissioners and take it from there. commissioner walker. >> yes, i'd like to add to some of the process. we decided as a group on which search firm. there were a couple that we were being -- that applied to be considered, and that was a decision made by the entire commission. the description of the job and our expectations were also crafted by the commission entirely. and the search firm before doing anything, they met for long periods of time with the individual commissioners to get every individual commissioner's criteria, which was very helpful in whitling down the group of people that would be interviewed. * whittling when this happened, i think that it was important to i think the entire commission, and certainly to me, that we actually had some other department heads who could -- who worked with the department on a regular basis and could offer advis
thank you, city attorney, for that. that was really helpful because as the president i want the past best practices. with that i'd like to open it and get the other commissioners and take it from there. commissioner walker. >> yes, i'd like to add to some of the process. we decided as a group on which search firm. there were a couple that we were being -- that applied to be considered, and that was a decision made by the entire commission. the description of the job and our expectations...
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we understand there is a housing crisis in the city. there is a baby boom taking lacing our neighborhoodher family unit let's placei hope that you will help us achieve this. i can very much. >> good afternoon commissioners members there was not much to say; we love the project and what it did to the streetscape, at the ground level. will love the design and we notice the on-site bmrs and the .5% parking ratio and strongly endorsed the project. but that is not the point, is it? here we are in a situation where the city spent a decade developing the market/octavia plan saying these are the rules that we want to follow. if you follow these rules the city will look at it with favor. we are skeptical of the bargain. on the one answeredcertain requirements are placed; on the other there is certainty of development. here we are on an appeal of the pmd which is intensely frustrating; this appeal defines the words frivolous and spurious. to appeal an aos is the tail wagging the dog. and at an intersection laid out at the nineteenth century. this
we understand there is a housing crisis in the city. there is a baby boom taking lacing our neighborhoodher family unit let's placei hope that you will help us achieve this. i can very much. >> good afternoon commissioners members there was not much to say; we love the project and what it did to the streetscape, at the ground level. will love the design and we notice the on-site bmrs and the .5% parking ratio and strongly endorsed the project. but that is not the point, is it? here we are...
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and other cities is the voters of this city believe in public education and they support it and i think it's the big difference between us and them, and the schools that made the most gains received the most money regarding the sig funding and so forth and yes money does matter, so i want to say one last thing about this is that we've done a great job. i mean the past with initiatives and almost like a one shot view and do this fun thing and two years later is not there anymore. the things that you learn you don't use and i am seeing a shift inow we approach investing our funding and when i say that i mean we do things that if the money were to go away there's something still there, and i'm seeing that with how we approach our curriculum, our teaching, which is we use data. we use assessment. informative assessment. so it changes the culture. i mean it's not just because you lose that you -- [inaudible] teachers will continue with that practice. i am soing that with restorative justice and dollars up front to train teachers and train schools, communities around that. once they're traine
and other cities is the voters of this city believe in public education and they support it and i think it's the big difference between us and them, and the schools that made the most gains received the most money regarding the sig funding and so forth and yes money does matter, so i want to say one last thing about this is that we've done a great job. i mean the past with initiatives and almost like a one shot view and do this fun thing and two years later is not there anymore. the things that...
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do you think the city should spend money to keep the 49ers? supervisor chu: america's cup has the potential to serve as an economic engine for us. we knew that going in, and that is why it was such an important effort on the city's part, to bring that activity to san francisco. not only would it result in improvements on the pier that we were not able to afford any other way, but it helps to bring about jobs, people coming to visit, helping with our tourism industry, everything else associated with having a major event in the city. that is something that helps bring up the economic opportunities of a community, and that is very important. if you think about the role of sports in san francisco, we have to think about the giants and how amazing that whole experience was for us in terms of the world series. we had people in my district as we were coming in for the parade on muni. everybody was dressed in giants colors. everybody was in such an elated mood. everybody was brought together, no matter what ethnicity, what community, what neighborhood
do you think the city should spend money to keep the 49ers? supervisor chu: america's cup has the potential to serve as an economic engine for us. we knew that going in, and that is why it was such an important effort on the city's part, to bring that activity to san francisco. not only would it result in improvements on the pier that we were not able to afford any other way, but it helps to bring about jobs, people coming to visit, helping with our tourism industry, everything else associated...
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he dismisses kansas city's record. the ravens' learned the hard way not to overlook opponents with a losing record. >> a few years ago, they are a playoff team. not a lot has changed. we know what they're capable of. that is a very dangerous team with a lot of weapons. i never really get into a team's record. i go into every game preparing for the appointed. >> it with like -- might make 20 tonight. old mill hosting anne arundel. they are fighting marked as 6. down he goes. brown, he is gone. a 23-yard touchdown. old mill is up 23-13. anne arundel went on a crazy role. five unanswered touchdowns. believe me, they would not finish for a long time. this time to tyler young. 64 yards on the touchdown and they would hold anne arundel within two. davis again. 29 yards. he cuts through traffic and sprint's to the end zone. 45-27 at that point. anne arundel goes on to win 66- 44. what can you do on dry land? it turns out that michael phelps has some crazy skills on terra firma. six holes at the course. 153 ft. . it took the p
he dismisses kansas city's record. the ravens' learned the hard way not to overlook opponents with a losing record. >> a few years ago, they are a playoff team. not a lot has changed. we know what they're capable of. that is a very dangerous team with a lot of weapons. i never really get into a team's record. i go into every game preparing for the appointed. >> it with like -- might make 20 tonight. old mill hosting anne arundel. they are fighting marked as 6. down he goes. brown,...
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. >> welcome to city hall. thank you for joining us. thank you for coming out. i want to thank members of the board of supervisors. i want to thank them for being here in this joint recognition of our commissioners and members of 14 different bodies that will be appointed today to committees and commissions. i want to thank all the friends and family for joining us. let me say how excited i am this past week, i have been watching a certain convention. next week, we will have an even more exciting convention to watch. it is of course, in the spirit of the expected national, regional, and state elections we are preparing for. it is also a reminder of the importance of our civic duty and all the different departments we have created. public engagement is extremely important to the way we run government in san francisco. it has always been about public engagement. we need the last bodies come a different viewpoints, different economic classics -- classes, ethnicities, and regions of the city to be well-represented on everything we do because that is what makes our c
. >> welcome to city hall. thank you for joining us. thank you for coming out. i want to thank members of the board of supervisors. i want to thank them for being here in this joint recognition of our commissioners and members of 14 different bodies that will be appointed today to committees and commissions. i want to thank all the friends and family for joining us. let me say how excited i am this past week, i have been watching a certain convention. next week, we will have an even more...
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perhaps that is something that can be worked out between the oakland a's and the city of oakland. a personal note, despite the fact that i have rather bright pink clothing, i am happy to announce that my son and daughter-in-law are expecting a boy in march; my granddaughter will have a little brother. finally more importantly, i did meet with project sponsor a couple of weeks ago in regards to 2830 toledo, i did have a chance to look at the plans and i'm happy to work with the dr requester and project sponsor to forge a compromise that will make it something that the commission can evaluate and find compromise. this will come back in november. i think there's a lot of potential there. >> congratulations. another line of antoninis in san francisco. commissioner woo. >> i want to announce that this saturday is affordable housing day in san francisco. there will be a number of tours. affordable, seniors, partnership between aia and the number of affordable housing developers.anyone that wants to stop by feel free. >> we can move onto directors reports. directors announcements and rev
perhaps that is something that can be worked out between the oakland a's and the city of oakland. a personal note, despite the fact that i have rather bright pink clothing, i am happy to announce that my son and daughter-in-law are expecting a boy in march; my granddaughter will have a little brother. finally more importantly, i did meet with project sponsor a couple of weeks ago in regards to 2830 toledo, i did have a chance to look at the plans and i'm happy to work with the dr requester and...
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the city has activated their emergency operation center, the best way to get in and out of the city, don't drive, take public transportation. >>> here's what's on tap just tomorrow. you've got fleet week, america's cup, the giants are playing. all along the water front. add to that the hardly strictly bluegrass festival in the park. plus cal and stanford are playing and two big concerts on either side of the bay. >>> some people are cashing in on all that extra traffic. all you need is a driveway. >> there are times i thought boy, i should rent out my driveway. but the whole mechanic of the thing, exchanging money, all that, it was too much to deal with. >> you know, local neighbors are listing their empty parking space or in some case, they are even moving their cars to sort of capitalize on all the extra traffic. >> parking spots could cost anywhere from $15 to $90. >>> what is the weather going to be like this weekend? here is meteorologist paul with a look. >> and the cool down will continue. look at these numbers behind me. 9 be -- 93. concord at 72. all of that because of an on
the city has activated their emergency operation center, the best way to get in and out of the city, don't drive, take public transportation. >>> here's what's on tap just tomorrow. you've got fleet week, america's cup, the giants are playing. all along the water front. add to that the hardly strictly bluegrass festival in the park. plus cal and stanford are playing and two big concerts on either side of the bay. >>> some people are cashing in on all that extra traffic. all...
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he was the it manager for city planning. he did a great job responding to public requests, managing operations and doing a lot of the things that made your work possible in the work of the other planners. i want to thank him publicly for his good work and i look forward to filling that position with someone hopefully nearly as capable as that is even possible. thank you. >> any additional general public comment? seeing then we will onto the next item. >> commissioners you are now at public comment on agenda items where the public hearing has been closed. at this time members of the public may address you on item 6 on your calendar; it has been heard in the public hearing, the public was allowed to testify, and the hearing was closed. before you take your final action, the public is allowed to speak once again on this item. i do not have speakers. >> calling for any general public comments on item 6? the public hearing portion is closed. >> you are now in the category of consideration of finding senior final action. the publi
he was the it manager for city planning. he did a great job responding to public requests, managing operations and doing a lot of the things that made your work possible in the work of the other planners. i want to thank him publicly for his good work and i look forward to filling that position with someone hopefully nearly as capable as that is even possible. thank you. >> any additional general public comment? seeing then we will onto the next item. >> commissioners you are now at...
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we rely a lot on you in the city. there should be more of you in terms of doing what you are doing so thank you. >> i think you are right. should be more of me but unfortunately there's only one of me and the entire san francisco say also can't find another one, even in sfpd or the d.a.'s office. >> can i just say that one thing that really angers me about these scams is many seniors are really isolated and don't have a younger person to talk with them about being careful, so they are so isolated that they don't talk to others. i'm hoping sf safe or the senior organizations and many community-based groups can do more to reduce that isolation for many older folks. but i think that is a broader issue than what law enforcement can deal with but i see that targeting vulnerable that are most isolated is what many criminals do. >> another thing is, a serious lack of knowledge in the u.s. criminal justice system. they don't know how to follow this system. sometimes the victim believe if i make a report to the police all my l
we rely a lot on you in the city. there should be more of you in terms of doing what you are doing so thank you. >> i think you are right. should be more of me but unfortunately there's only one of me and the entire san francisco say also can't find another one, even in sfpd or the d.a.'s office. >> can i just say that one thing that really angers me about these scams is many seniors are really isolated and don't have a younger person to talk with them about being careful, so they...
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dome a wonderful city. they are being joined by others and has an ambitious team for the ground floor that includes retail, restaurants and even a grocery store to serve the neighborhood. they are already working on the building behind it on stevenson alley. and across 10th street, crescent heights the big tower is going up as we speak, 750 units of housing for folks who want to move in, beginning late 2013. the emerald fund is also adding 399 units with their project on 100 van ness, transforming what used to be the triple a office building through the interior and facade roimprovements into housing. la
dome a wonderful city. they are being joined by others and has an ambitious team for the ground floor that includes retail, restaurants and even a grocery store to serve the neighborhood. they are already working on the building behind it on stevenson alley. and across 10th street, crescent heights the big tower is going up as we speak, 750 units of housing for folks who want to move in, beginning late 2013. the emerald fund is also adding 399 units with their project on 100 van ness,...
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or county; in our case the city and county of san francisco. under successor agency, with a redevelopment funds or criminal tax funds clawback of the area or to the general fund? >> the answer is yes and yes. anything with the tax increment, 60% infrastructure, -- down the line to the district. in those areas funds do flow pursuant to the contract in place to the taxing entities, in the format described, 80-20%. -- it requires an increment in infrastructure to make it happen. 100% of 0 is 0. once development happens, we are looking at changes to state law to try to capture the increment and the upfront investment required to make that kind of brownfield site go. and flow through the general fund. all things considered obligated, they have underlying contracts; if for some reason the tax increment would flow to that obligation or contract and when paid off like a bankruptcy is done and it can flow to the normal distribution. over time as the debt is paid off, outstanding bonds, other uses pursuant to the contract of the surviving areas, it would
or county; in our case the city and county of san francisco. under successor agency, with a redevelopment funds or criminal tax funds clawback of the area or to the general fund? >> the answer is yes and yes. anything with the tax increment, 60% infrastructure, -- down the line to the district. in those areas funds do flow pursuant to the contract in place to the taxing entities, in the format described, 80-20%. -- it requires an increment in infrastructure to make it happen. 100% of 0 is...
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givener, our city attorney. >> deputy city attorney john givener. as the committee members know, the residency requirements that is imposed on a number of different committees and boards is waivable in certain cases when the board or committee was created by an ordinance. in this case the requirement is that the member holding the seat be a property owner. that specific requirement in the ordinance is not waivable. so, that's just a mandatory requirement. >> thank you, mr. givener. at this time, can we hear paul giusti? >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is paul giusti. i'm a resident of district 8 and i am applying for the graffiti advisory committee to be reappointed. i've actually been involved in the graffiti advisory committee since the beginning. i think it's been, ghosh, i want to say 7 or 8 years now. and the work that we've done, it's just too much to really even get into in two minutes. but i'm really proud of the work we've done. it's outlined in our annual reports. we instituted or helped develop the blight policy or ordinance here
givener, our city attorney. >> deputy city attorney john givener. as the committee members know, the residency requirements that is imposed on a number of different committees and boards is waivable in certain cases when the board or committee was created by an ordinance. in this case the requirement is that the member holding the seat be a property owner. that specific requirement in the ordinance is not waivable. so, that's just a mandatory requirement. >> thank you, mr. givener....
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mayor daly, the real richard daly, he ran the city with an iron fist. but everything he did was open and [speaker not understood]. he was well known because that was when he was asked, why only a citizen [speaker not understood], one of his sons, he said, if you can't give it to your kids, who can you give it to? well, that's something he did in chicago, but everybody [speaker not understood]. here it's different and i think the mayor could learn a lot. mayor daly, i'm talking about. everything is handled differently. but the end result is the same because the two institutions that were designed for protection of open government have been [speaker not understood]. am i finished? >> you can finish your sentence, please. >>> you know who they are, the task force who will have new members who never attended the meetings, mr. capell the only exception, and we know about the ethics commission which has done nothing, nothing in all the years it's had referrals from the task force. thank you. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm richard nee. i'm
mayor daly, the real richard daly, he ran the city with an iron fist. but everything he did was open and [speaker not understood]. he was well known because that was when he was asked, why only a citizen [speaker not understood], one of his sons, he said, if you can't give it to your kids, who can you give it to? well, that's something he did in chicago, but everybody [speaker not understood]. here it's different and i think the mayor could learn a lot. mayor daly, i'm talking about. everything...
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i do think things are changing at city hall and with city government generally. in the last budget process, we read able to get a full-time person in the office of economic and workforce development who will focus exclusively on nightlife and entertainment. that is a huge step with the positives of the industry. i would have worked very closely with supervisor chiu to get a budget for the entertainment commission. at times, the entertainment commission has been set up to fail because we expect all sorts of enforcement and make sure that people are cracking down on the rules, but we have not committed the resources necessary to do so. we are slowly doing that to make sure that they can meet their mission. and the of all special use district that i mentioned before, i think we lost -- we will finally start seeing some reform there. we have a lot more work to do. i recently asked the economist to supplement the impact study for the night live with a similar study for outdoor fairs and festivals, which we know contribute mightily to our economy. i'm very committed to
i do think things are changing at city hall and with city government generally. in the last budget process, we read able to get a full-time person in the office of economic and workforce development who will focus exclusively on nightlife and entertainment. that is a huge step with the positives of the industry. i would have worked very closely with supervisor chiu to get a budget for the entertainment commission. at times, the entertainment commission has been set up to fail because we expect...
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so the question is, is this a good deal for the city. the first question that comes up, to be honest, goes to the last point -- last couple of points that mr. rose made. this company bought this for $21 million. over the course of a 20-year lease we will pay about $70 million in rent. even if we hadn't just spnt the $21 million, if we had financed that purchase, you are talking about paying $34 million to actually own the property and have that asset. instead, we are talking about spending $70 million in rent. after 20 years we're not going to own that property. so what happened here in terms of, you know, managing the writer's money. you and i have had the conversation, the challenges the mta has had to en counter the last few years. the county transportation gave the mta * $7 million because there was a shortfall in the budget so that, you know, we could lessen the impact of the service cuts that had to be made by the mta. and yet we have a situation that we could have bought this property for $21 million. maybe as high as $34. why did
so the question is, is this a good deal for the city. the first question that comes up, to be honest, goes to the last point -- last couple of points that mr. rose made. this company bought this for $21 million. over the course of a 20-year lease we will pay about $70 million in rent. even if we hadn't just spnt the $21 million, if we had financed that purchase, you are talking about paying $34 million to actually own the property and have that asset. instead, we are talking about spending $70...
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i find it hard to support unit mergers as a policy for the city. that is where it sits now. >> i want to point out for the benefit, most of the commissioners are familiar with this; i'm sure this is the case that because it is a mandatory unit merger, project sponsors were obliged to pay $3500 for the merger. any mr. stark katana what it is. other drs pale. we make it difficult for people. i commend the project sponsors for bringing this forward; there is a financing problem coming up in four years. we appreciate you taking and doing the right thing and stepping out and paying the fee going through this process, making it legal. i appreciate that. >> i wish we had a ability to ask the original owner and stand here and take a stand why d
i find it hard to support unit mergers as a policy for the city. that is where it sits now. >> i want to point out for the benefit, most of the commissioners are familiar with this; i'm sure this is the case that because it is a mandatory unit merger, project sponsors were obliged to pay $3500 for the merger. any mr. stark katana what it is. other drs pale. we make it difficult for people. i commend the project sponsors for bringing this forward; there is a financing problem coming up in...
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we have a great conference for the city. i announced a 17-point plan that included making sure that we stayed on top of being the innovation capital of the world. what does that mean? it means that we take advantage of the companies that are here, the technology companies that are here, to help us improve our city. to help us find solutions to old problems. to create an innovative spirit in the public-private sector. >> are these some of the points? because you are going to talk about the 17 points? >> oh, yes. >> is that five of them or is that a preamble to the 17? >> it's a preamble, to create the spirit of the city and why we're doing it because here are the facts. 32,000 jobs created by 1600 companies with an annual almost 30% growth for our city >> just in tech? >> just in tech. when you recognize that for the city and what it means, we're well on our way and we're ahead of literally every major city in the state of california >> also what is the average salary on these tech jobs? >> they are very high. i think the sma
we have a great conference for the city. i announced a 17-point plan that included making sure that we stayed on top of being the innovation capital of the world. what does that mean? it means that we take advantage of the companies that are here, the technology companies that are here, to help us improve our city. to help us find solutions to old problems. to create an innovative spirit in the public-private sector. >> are these some of the points? because you are going to talk about the...
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with rooms they take some for the cities they have the only for a lot of countries doubts. about what's happening here although it's not clear. what's happening somewhere else. well so i have for you the program crime and confusion we are reporting how unsuspecting londoners are facing multiple find simply for leading their everyday lives. a twenty four year old russian student remains in critical condition after being brutally beaten in a canadian detention center two months ago dennis tell you cough it was a resident after he allegedly threatened another city would wait russia's foreign ministry has demanded an investigation into the incident calgary police have yet to bring any charges in relation to the assault. model believes canadian authorities are being negligent. not as first back it's very often it's happening all there and it isn't an awful lot to act but the accident with dennis in this raymond center is the worst i mean condition of his health even so lay down he's not eating on his own he had a few years in his throat and he's grieving for this do you. truly c
with rooms they take some for the cities they have the only for a lot of countries doubts. about what's happening here although it's not clear. what's happening somewhere else. well so i have for you the program crime and confusion we are reporting how unsuspecting londoners are facing multiple find simply for leading their everyday lives. a twenty four year old russian student remains in critical condition after being brutally beaten in a canadian detention center two months ago dennis tell...
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so bring a light jacket if you are coming into the city. on monday, when all these events are finished, that's when low pressure finally arrives. when it arrives, we are going to have a chance of showers holding off until the top of next week. next week looks chilly and showery. san francisco tomorrow, 65 degrees. the average high is 70. livermore your high tomorrow is 76. redwood city 70. napa 72. fairfield 77. concord and livermore in the mid-70s for your saturday. weekend time now we're looking at mid-70s, that's it, on sunday, as well. mid- to upper 60s near the bay with a chance of rain showers nothing too widespread or heavy but there are showers in the forecast monday through wednesday. clearing out by thursday. so showers holding off until the weekend is finished. that's your cbs 5 forecast. >>> an estimated 500,000 cars are coming into the city. but we only have about 400,000 parking spots. coming up in the consumerwatch, a new trend that can make you money and provide some much- needed parking. some things won't last 25 years. ah!
so bring a light jacket if you are coming into the city. on monday, when all these events are finished, that's when low pressure finally arrives. when it arrives, we are going to have a chance of showers holding off until the top of next week. next week looks chilly and showery. san francisco tomorrow, 65 degrees. the average high is 70. livermore your high tomorrow is 76. redwood city 70. napa 72. fairfield 77. concord and livermore in the mid-70s for your saturday. weekend time now we're...
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because we'll be that much more of a successful city and a city that's prepared. thank you very much. (applause) >> thank you, mr. mayor. and i'd like to call up now major general mike may, the khmer -- chairman of the fleet weeks association. (applause) >> thank you, louis. i want to take the opportunity first to thank this group of volunteers that has worked the last 10 months to put this event together. they are wonder of people and wonderful citizens in the city and county of san francisco to make this thing happen. i want to thank also the agencies of the city that have worked with us. first of all, the department of emergency management. we've become really kindred spirits in this whole process and we have been working with the poor, we've been working with the fire department, the police department, and who knows where else in this city. but there's just a lot of things i guess most of all martha cohen works with us on this. thank you for all you do to make this happen. i do want to say the importance of the mission of the disaster response, we have a sayin
because we'll be that much more of a successful city and a city that's prepared. thank you very much. (applause) >> thank you, mr. mayor. and i'd like to call up now major general mike may, the khmer -- chairman of the fleet weeks association. (applause) >> thank you, louis. i want to take the opportunity first to thank this group of volunteers that has worked the last 10 months to put this event together. they are wonder of people and wonderful citizens in the city and county of...
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east bay high tomorrow at 68 in oak land. 70 san leandro. 71 union city. east bay milder but not much. mainly mid 70's. 76 at liveoreand monterey bay high mainly upper 60's interthe bay and low to mid 70's inland. morgan hill and gilroy. holster morgan hill and gilroy. accu-weather 7 ke fecast. e'l e a steady ptern onlanhigh mid 70's through the entire 7 day period and we see upper 60's to 70 around the bay and low 60's on the coast possibly some light isolated showers monday tuesday now item not too late to win 45,000 dollars from abc. these people are taking the chance. linda w of burlingame. s josend sa frcisco her allnter rough r faceok page. the winner will be announced right after the 49ers game here on abc 7 october 18. you can enter too. just go to face become.com abc 7 news and click the win 49,000 dollar for all the details. eligible or click it right now if we coy. over and over again. good idea. >> good idea is that thanks very much. >> coming up from fighting for our country to fighting to find work. battle made easier. that's next. stay with
east bay high tomorrow at 68 in oak land. 70 san leandro. 71 union city. east bay milder but not much. mainly mid 70's. 76 at liveoreand monterey bay high mainly upper 60's interthe bay and low to mid 70's inland. morgan hill and gilroy. holster morgan hill and gilroy. accu-weather 7 ke fecast. e'l e a steady ptern onlanhigh mid 70's through the entire 7 day period and we see upper 60's to 70 around the bay and low 60's on the coast possibly some light isolated showers monday tuesday now item...
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we owned one building in the city of san francisco. that is how tough it is to buy property in san francisco. that is a ground lease we had with the port of san francisco at pier one. we moved our headquarters there about ten years ago. the port operators out of the embarkadero side and we are on the water side. we own 1.4 million square feet on the peninsula in south san francisco. and, again, very challenging to find properties in that market. then the east bay and central value and south bay we own a lot of properties as well. sorry, to answer your question. on the government -- >> you lease from the port for headquarters. >> lease this from the port. put the money in, work with the port and port then leases back the office space from us. >> any other arrangements where you own the property and are leasing to other government entities within the bay area to expand other places, like this lease we have before us with the mta. >> i can't answer that question right now. there's no -- i could answer it this way. i would be bold enough t
we owned one building in the city of san francisco. that is how tough it is to buy property in san francisco. that is a ground lease we had with the port of san francisco at pier one. we moved our headquarters there about ten years ago. the port operators out of the embarkadero side and we are on the water side. we own 1.4 million square feet on the peninsula in south san francisco. and, again, very challenging to find properties in that market. then the east bay and central value and south bay...
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. >> i may permit consultant in the city. i want to thank you for coming to this because it shows that you really care. i want to ask you a question. some of then transfers for an eatery that serves beer and wine to patrons, when someone wants to transfer or someone else wants to buy the license, if it says on there now live music or no entertainment, and the new person that -- no live music or no entertainment, and the new person that purchases it, they want to modify the conditions. they realize if a petition to modify the conditions, they run the risk of maybe not having the license transfer to them should the modifications be declined. some of these laws on the books a little archaic, and i will give you an example. we now have live entertainment in san francisco, which allows amplified music until 10:00 p.m. if the conditions has no entertainment, and the entertainment, it also includes this limited live provision. we have determined in the city that this legislation is good -- good legislation. there's no conditional us
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and double the number between the city and vallejo. of course tomorrow is going to be even busier than today with the 49ers game, the italian heritage parade, which is supposed to add at least 300,000 more people to the city. so, again, message is try to leave your car at home and take some public transportation. live in san francisco, stephanie truong, nbc bay area news. >> don't be fooled by the light traffic for tomorrow. >>> the weather managed to cooperate today. rob mayeda is here with us. >> hi, diane. the one kmont factor for this big weekend is in fact the weather. clear skies around san francisco right now, temperatures not bad, 60s and 70s out there. but you might have noticed some high clouds coming in, too. that's part of a weather system that still has a chance of some showers heading our way early in the week. we'll let you know if it's going to impact the rest of your weekend plans, coming up. >> reporter: i'm laurence scott at the america's cup in san francisco. we've got championship racing in store today. we'll fill
and double the number between the city and vallejo. of course tomorrow is going to be even busier than today with the 49ers game, the italian heritage parade, which is supposed to add at least 300,000 more people to the city. so, again, message is try to leave your car at home and take some public transportation. live in san francisco, stephanie truong, nbc bay area news. >> don't be fooled by the light traffic for tomorrow. >>> the weather managed to cooperate today. rob mayeda...
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the city is supplying $5 millen to fund the work. in 2008 to 2010. the city planning department completed the fisherman's warf plan which includes the proposed jefferson street plan, jefferson street is the main commercial spine of fisherman's warf. the east end is near pier by powell street. jurisdiction includes all sidewalks and up to the building faces on the south side. the jefferson street plan is bold, for the two blocks before you it takes a 37 foot width street with two travel lanes and parking on each side and narrowing it to 24 feet. jefferson would also be changed from one way to two way, making it easier to understand and reach destinations. the street would not... the section, it shows it as much. the street would not have parking but could accommodate loading and service loading that would occur during the morning hours, bike access would also improve as they would gain two way access by using the street and mixing with slow-moving vehicles. the existing sidewalk and the north side of the street is now both a cafe and space, would conv
the city is supplying $5 millen to fund the work. in 2008 to 2010. the city planning department completed the fisherman's warf plan which includes the proposed jefferson street plan, jefferson street is the main commercial spine of fisherman's warf. the east end is near pier by powell street. jurisdiction includes all sidewalks and up to the building faces on the south side. the jefferson street plan is bold, for the two blocks before you it takes a 37 foot width street with two travel lanes...
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a million extra people are expected to flood the city. this is a live look. it is peaceful right now and it will be a different story tomorrow with a bunch of events going on. cbs 5 reporter, alyssa harrington on some of the problem areas to avoid. >> fleet week air show. america's cup races, 49ers, and giants games. a few of the events happening in san francisco this jam packed weekend. >> we expect 1 million to come into the city to attend these events. there will be severe impacts to traffic. >> and almost nowhere is off limits. chp officer breaks down some of the problem areas describes might face. >> it will be a commute traffic heavy, but it could be worse than that. >> with traffic expected to go all the way back to the meze, the fremont exits expected to add to the backup. the interchange, especially sunday before the had theres game approaching candle stick. and offramps. >> see the right lanes get blocked? we have seen people try to drive on the shoulder. >> things won't get much easier inside the city. >> it's going be stumbling for anyone who want
a million extra people are expected to flood the city. this is a live look. it is peaceful right now and it will be a different story tomorrow with a bunch of events going on. cbs 5 reporter, alyssa harrington on some of the problem areas to avoid. >> fleet week air show. america's cup races, 49ers, and giants games. a few of the events happening in san francisco this jam packed weekend. >> we expect 1 million to come into the city to attend these events. there will be severe...
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he lives up nevada city. i told him what i was doing and he was consciencious. he had a stack of clippings about what the new deal had done in his area and walked around while he showed me sidewalks and parks and schools and gardens and camps that had been done. he said, i didn't notice. then he became mayor. it's exactly the kind of thing we want. this is or was the living new deal site about a couple months ago. it's much denser now. san francisco county is the best documented of all the california counties. we think that all of california will look like san francisco now. when you begin putting in the work of the civilian conservation core, you find it's everywhere. we are talking about a lot of agencies. roosevelt loved building things. he was the lord of the manor at hyde park. it shows roosevelt in his convertible. if you visit there, you could see he could drive using the upper part of his body. he's pointing to the plans of the hyde park. he was quite a passable architect. once he became president, he was able to build a lot more. even though henry loose
he lives up nevada city. i told him what i was doing and he was consciencious. he had a stack of clippings about what the new deal had done in his area and walked around while he showed me sidewalks and parks and schools and gardens and camps that had been done. he said, i didn't notice. then he became mayor. it's exactly the kind of thing we want. this is or was the living new deal site about a couple months ago. it's much denser now. san francisco county is the best documented of all the...
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a free city isabout to be born. what will that be like? we will take you there next. ♪ john: in america of the welfare state grows and government takes more power. i hope that will change, but i'm not optimistic as thomas jefferson said, the natural progressive things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. he said that years ago, and he has been proven right. what if there was a way to create a new kind of government, a more limited one that jefferson had in mind that helps poor people by freeing the free-market to work its magic. a free city not too far from the united states where americans could move. that may happen cent. a central american country recently signed an agreement with a group of investors to build a privately run city. its own police force, no income tax, no sales tax, no capital gains tax to all the property tax and no federal regulation. it sounds good to me. the man behind it joins us now from honduras. you came on the show a year ago to discuss the idea of a free city and its thousand you have made p
a free city isabout to be born. what will that be like? we will take you there next. ♪ john: in america of the welfare state grows and government takes more power. i hope that will change, but i'm not optimistic as thomas jefferson said, the natural progressive things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. he said that years ago, and he has been proven right. what if there was a way to create a new kind of government, a more limited one that jefferson had in mind that helps...
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a lot going on in the city. you have low 60s and partly cloudy skies for the coast if you're going to half moon bay, the extended forecast shows you temperatures don't change a lot, in fact, very similar, perhaps a tad cooler on sunday, and then a slight little cool-down getting into monday, tuesday, with increasing clouds. if you're going to the city today for all the festivities, i'll have an outlook coming up. >>> the verdict is in, and it's a 18 month sent for the pope's butler for stealing private documents and leaking them to a journalist. he leaked the pope's private correspondence out of visceral love for the church and pope. the journalist book reveals that petty in fighting and allegations of corruption and home know section -- homosexuality. >>> this morning, he spoke about the need to keep america moving forward. >> we owe it to them to keep moving forward. we've come too far to turn back now. we've made too much progress to return to the policies that got us into this mess in the first place. >> in
a lot going on in the city. you have low 60s and partly cloudy skies for the coast if you're going to half moon bay, the extended forecast shows you temperatures don't change a lot, in fact, very similar, perhaps a tad cooler on sunday, and then a slight little cool-down getting into monday, tuesday, with increasing clouds. if you're going to the city today for all the festivities, i'll have an outlook coming up. >>> the verdict is in, and it's a 18 month sent for the pope's butler for...
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s in the city of london instead of wall street because we will. look the other way while you do this and so i'd only make what might or you know thing about your point of course the labor party on finance issues is not a party that is remotely of the left it is was a party of what would be in us terms the extreme right to live down to are every bit as bad as the conservatives of anything are worse and so there has been no choice in the united kingdom for over a decade if you actually were on it to vote for someone who was really going to regulate so that's have to change one of these parties has to be changed into a party that represents the people of great britain or united kingdom or england whichever you know variant you have in mind at the time instead of representing the huge financial institutions because you've just seen what happens to a nation that wins a competition and laxity it loses its moral soul and it has repeated financial crises because what it will attract act is the worst pod scum throughout the world and it will have regulator
s in the city of london instead of wall street because we will. look the other way while you do this and so i'd only make what might or you know thing about your point of course the labor party on finance issues is not a party that is remotely of the left it is was a party of what would be in us terms the extreme right to live down to are every bit as bad as the conservatives of anything are worse and so there has been no choice in the united kingdom for over a decade if you actually were on it...
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but i will give you an example in two of the largest cities where they are the largest cities in los angeles and new york i hope i'm right the school department's right now are not just reading teachers on the basis of tests. they listen to the press to the newspapers and the ratings of the teachers rated from zero to 10100 is the best fighting -- the best i think. based on the exams and the l.a. times and "the new york post" or printing them. the teacher has 20 children in a class of 40 to read it doesn't matter a quarter of the kids didn't even come to the class in the middle of the years. the teacher sees her name with the words and effective mediocre, rotten apple, that's "the new york post," that's happening right now. it's nothing more than a shaming ritual, but it's the purpose to drive the stake into the hearts of teachers and drive the best ones who refuse to teach the test out of educational together is certainly is the test. i wish the president would condemn this assault on the dignity of teachers dillinger his heparin with all of the authority that he has to command he d
but i will give you an example in two of the largest cities where they are the largest cities in los angeles and new york i hope i'm right the school department's right now are not just reading teachers on the basis of tests. they listen to the press to the newspapers and the ratings of the teachers rated from zero to 10100 is the best fighting -- the best i think. based on the exams and the l.a. times and "the new york post" or printing them. the teacher has 20 children in a class of...
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and remain strong and beneficial for the great cities of paris and san francisco. [applause]. >> do you think he interpreted himself well? so, you can see why he is our chairman, now the moment has come, mayors, to sign the memorandum of understanding. yes, sign it. [applause]. (next event). >> hi, my name is katie the my first poem is "chipped blue nail polish." heads of the ground focus on her hands, altern ating expressions, multicolored moods, unpredictable. [applause] my second poem is about pro craffletination. that day i had a panic attack. i spent $20 for my class. running late, half-assepd and i still spent $20 for that class. red lights almost every black -- block. the traffic nearly made my heart stop. i ran through my class presentation straight out of the cab. i paid 20 freaking dollars for that cab. thank you. >> hi, my name is daniel and the first poem i'm going to read is shadows. ♪ i'm a shadow that moves away from night falls. i'm a shadow that makes other shadows rise. i'm a shadow that sprints, walks, and plays. some shadows are huge and mount
and remain strong and beneficial for the great cities of paris and san francisco. [applause]. >> do you think he interpreted himself well? so, you can see why he is our chairman, now the moment has come, mayors, to sign the memorandum of understanding. yes, sign it. [applause]. (next event). >> hi, my name is katie the my first poem is "chipped blue nail polish." heads of the ground focus on her hands, altern ating expressions, multicolored moods, unpredictable. [applause]...
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compete with other major cities. >> it's been a sleepy town. so anything to maybe spice up the night life, i think it helps businesses, so i think it's a good thing. >> but metro is not in on this deal. it's not going to stay open later on these holidays. >> bad idea. more drinking, more accidents. >> anita bazel is of the school of thought that no matter the money, this has bad written all over it. >> you have to wait to find parking. as far as sleeping, you have to hear all of this noise and people being loud. >> reporter: starting next year, places are not only going to be able to stay open 4:00 a.m., but they'll have the ability to stay open 24 hours a time on weekends like new years. for now, we'll try to hunker down and help these crowds have a good week en. >> there's growing concern about that meningitis outbreak. five people have died, including a patient in virginia and one in maryland. there's a massive effort underway to notify thousands of patients who received steroid shots for back pain. only certain facilities received the batch
compete with other major cities. >> it's been a sleepy town. so anything to maybe spice up the night life, i think it helps businesses, so i think it's a good thing. >> but metro is not in on this deal. it's not going to stay open later on these holidays. >> bad idea. more drinking, more accidents. >> anita bazel is of the school of thought that no matter the money, this has bad written all over it. >> you have to wait to find parking. as far as sleeping, you have...
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in a third neighboring city -- obuda. it has been budapest ever since. some say the first king here was attila the hun, hence the name "hungary." others say the first king was actually st. stephen. there's a magnificent church built in his name. the funicular is a train that's more like an elevator. it travels up the steep castle hill. at the top is buda castle. for centuries, this is where the rulers of hungary lived. the city has seen some terrible times. the area has been conquered by the turks, retaken by the christians, then during world war ii, the germans occupied budapest. the nazis rounded up jews, sending them to extermination camps. but this man, swedish diplomat raoul wallenberg, saved thousands virtually single-handed. at great personal risk, he protected hungarian jews by issuing them swedish passports. that's why there are memorials to wallenberg throughout budapest. when troops from the soviet union arrived, the germans fled, but not before blowing up all the bridges across the danube. the soviets claimed
in a third neighboring city -- obuda. it has been budapest ever since. some say the first king here was attila the hun, hence the name "hungary." others say the first king was actually st. stephen. there's a magnificent church built in his name. the funicular is a train that's more like an elevator. it travels up the steep castle hill. at the top is buda castle. for centuries, this is where the rulers of hungary lived. the city has seen some terrible times. the area has been conquered...